#reddit command

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molten granite

Is there a way to make a reddit command for my discord bot? i wanna make one that doesnt just use r/memes

molten granite

i would also like to use gifs too

trail coral
molten granite

so i can use this

?

trail coral

I use it in one of my bots, so it's up to you

You can also just make raw fetch() requests to Reddit

high terrace
molten granite
molten granite
high terrace

literally just replace gifs in the url with whatever subreddit you want

distant iglooBOT

Documentation suggestion for @molten granite:
mdn Fetch API
The Fetch API provides an interface for fetching resources (including across the network). It will seem familiar to anyone who has used XMLHttpRequest, but the new API provides a more powerful and flexible feature set.

molten granite

?

high terrace

that'll give you the top 50 posts for /r/gifs, yeah

molten granite

and itll show gifs?

it works

tysm

one more question

how do i make the image look bigger if i cna

can

i also cant seem to not make it random,

since mine is /random/.json

high terrace

change it to /random.json

molten granite

but do i have to use random

i wanna use hot

or just something else

high terrace

fetch the hot posts then get a random one from the posts it gives

not rlly another way

molten granite

okay

ill try to do this

even though i might need help

this is so confusing

imma keep it as is tbh but all i wanna do is just make it so that you can choose from different reddit communities

molten granite

and show what subreddit it is (im sorry if im annoying you)

molten granite

also thank you for the help

i really appreciate it

now i just gotta figure out how to do it so that i can choose a subreddit

molten granite

agh

molten granite

idk what i can do

trail coral

choosing a subreddit is just changing the URL you're fetching

molten granite

but how can i make it so you choose where it fetches from

trail coral

that's up to you
a String option in your slash command is probably the most efficient

molten granite

i dont really know what u mean but

i need an example

trail coral

are you using slash commands?

molten granite

yes

i am

distant iglooBOT
molten granite

so i looked at choices one

would it be like that?

trail coral
molten granite

hmm

ok so for example

const { SlashCommandBuilder } = require('discord.js');

module.exports = {
    data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
        .setName('gif')
        .setDescription('Sends a random gif!')
        .addStringOption(option =>
            option.setName('category')
                .setDescription('The gif category')
                .setRequired(true)
                .addChoices(
                    { name: 'Funny', value: `https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/random.json` },
                    { name: 'Meme', value: 'gif_meme' },
                    { name: 'Movie', value: 'gif_movie' },
                )),
    async execute(interaction) {
        const category = interaction.options.getString('category');
        // category must be one of 'gif_funny', 'gif_meme', or 'gif_movie'
    },
};``` would it look something like this for example

or would it be something else

god damn it

im so lost

trail coral

That's a good start

molten granite

phew

trail coral

You can make each of the values a url, and just fetch the url when you receive it

molten granite

ok

so when i do the url i can do like await fetch(funny)

?

trail coral

If funny is the name of your option variable, then yes

molten granite

ok

do i keep the const category?

i wanna make it an embed

trail coral

that's how the guide defined the name of the option variable

molten granite

so like /reddit rfunny and it would send an embed of that subreddit

trail coral

A reddit URL will automatically embed into Discord

molten granite

ah

so then how do i do the options part

trail coral

Look at the code from the guide, and try to understand what it means

specifically, look in the body of execute()

molten granite

okay

same place u told me about?

trail coral

Yes, and the same place where you pasted the code above

molten granite

okay

okay so what happens is that the command options show up but when i press funny it doesnt respond

im so close i can smell it bro

trail coral

do you have code that responds to the command?

molten granite

no

what would that be tho

trail coral

interaction.reply(...)

molten granite

okay

molten granite

when i try the command it says that 'name' is undefined

const { SlashCommandBuilder } = require('discord.js');
const { EmbedBuilder } = require('discord.js');

module.exports = {
    data: new SlashCommandBuilder()
        .setName('reddit')
        .setDescription('Sends a random pic/gif from reddit!')
        .addStringOption(option =>
            option.setName('category')
                .setDescription('The reddit category')
                .setRequired(true)
                .addChoices(
                    { name: 'r/funny', value: `https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/random/.json` },
                    { name: 'Meme', value: 'gif_meme' },
                    { name: 'Movie', value: 'gif_movie' },
                )),
    async execute(interaction) {
        const category = interaction.options.getString('category');

        const reddit = await r.json()

        let title = reddit[0].data.children[0].data.title;
        let image = reddit[0].data.children[0].data.url;
        let author = reddit[0].data.children[0].data.author;

        const embed = new EmbedBuilder()
        .setColor("Blue")
        .setTitle(`${title}`)
        .setImage(`${image}`)
        .setURL(`${image}`)
        .setAuthor( {text: author} )
        // category must be one of 'gif_funny', 'gif_meme', or 'gif_movie'

        await interaction.reply({ embeds: [embed] })
    },
};``` heres the code
distant iglooBOT
trail coral

Look at the parameters of this function

molten granite

would it be name ==

trail coral

That's not how objects work

Also, I already see a reference error since you never defined r

molten granite

oh

yea i never defined that

idk how i can though given that i cant do async r => {}

trail coral

well what do you expect r to be?

molten granite

the stuff for reddit

trail coral

what stuff for reddit? do you want it to pick a random subreddit that exists?

molten granite

um

this was the code im trying to use

trail coral

do you notice anything missing between their code and your code?

molten granite

async function meme() {}

and the fetch and async r

trail coral

so, how are they defining r?

molten granite

um

putting the embed and other stuff in the .then(async r => {}

trail coral

Not quite

molten granite

oh

trail coral

The . means that then() is a property (a method, specifically) of what comes before it
Therefore, what comes before .then() is essential for it to work
Now I ask you, what comes before .then()?

molten granite

the fetch

and the async function

trail coral

Does your current code include the fetch?

molten granite

no

trail coral

Do you think you need to fetch the reddit url so your code knows which subreddit to get?

molten granite

yes

trail coral

You should probably add that too, then

molten granite

but how would i do that if its only going to be a specific link

trail coral

Do you have any variable that contains a link to the reddit URL that the user chose?

molten granite

value: reddit link

would that be one or?

do i need to make a variable like rfunny = reddit link and put

value: rfunny

trail coral
molten granite

none

thats why i said

rfunny = reddit link

and i would put

value: rfunny

trail coral

What does category represent in your code?

The variable, not the stuff in your slash command builder

molten granite

the option.setName

trail coral 
        const category = interaction.options.getString('category');

If you did console.log(category), what do you think it would log?

molten granite

umm

undefined?

trail coral

Why would it be undefined?

molten granite

because its not anywhere in the execute function

i have the const but didnt put it anywhere else

trail coral

It's literally defined in the first line in the body of your execute function

So, why do you think this variable exists?

molten granite

i have to put it into the interaction.reply?

trail coral

What would it reply with? If you just did interaction.reply(category), what do you think it would send?

molten granite

an error

so its gonna be embed and category

trail coral

There's nothing erroneous about that line of code

You could actually try to log or send the variable, and it would probably help you understand what you need it for

molten granite

console.log(category)

failed to parse URL from undefined

so the name is still undefined

trail coral

Comment out all the other code

Just define and log category for now

molten granite

ok

how much of the code

trail coral

The body of the execute() function

molten granite

this what it is

trail coral

this should be commented out, too

molten granite

got it

it sent the link in the terminal

trail coral

So, what does that tell you that category represents?

molten granite

the reddit link

trail coral

So, what do you think you should be fetching?

molten granite

the reddit linl

link

trail coral

What code would that look like?

molten granite

so await fetch(category)

trail coral

Perfect

molten granite

yess

what would i do with the other code?

trail coral

Uncomment it out, and look back at the copied code to see the differences between the two

molten granite

ok

do i need r.json still?

trail coral

Yes, it is essential

molten granite

got it

yes

i think i got it

nope it gave an error

trail coral

what error?

molten granite
trail coral

setFooter()'s argument has a property called text
setAuthor()'s argument has a property called name

Right now, you're using setAuthor() with text which is incorrect

molten granite

ah

wait so what do i do

trail coral

Pick the method you want to use, and use the correct argument for that method

molten granite

um

so what do i need to fix

i dont understand

trail coral
molten granite

do i change it to name?

it works!

trail coral

PraiseTaba

molten granite

W

tysm

will i have to manually put the subreddits in?

and can i do mp4's?

trail coral
molten granite

i didnt know that

trail coral
molten granite

how can i fix the 25 choice max?

like extend it

trail coral

Just include more { name, value } objects in your addChoices()

molten granite

oh is it only 25 choices shown?

trail coral

If you try to include more, it will throw an error

molten granite

so what do i do to prevent that error

or can i not

wintry dagger

Use autocomplete

distant iglooBOT

guide Slash Commands: Responding to autocomplete interactions
read more

molten granite

uhh

distant iglooBOT
wintry dagger

Use that to dynamically respond with up to 25 choices based on what the user entered yet…